NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Ghana Living Standards Survey 1 1987-1988 Provider Ghana Statistical ServiceMicrodata access: Request Geography Ghana (GHA) Coverage type Country Time period covered 09/1987 - 09/1988 Series or system Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) Data type Survey: HouseholdLongitudinal Summary The first LSMS conducted in Ghana, also referred to as the GLSS, provides data on subjects such as household demographics, household expenses, education, health, economic activities, migration, housing, agriculture, prices of food, pharmaceuticals, and non-food items, and community facilities. Data was collected at the individual, household, and community level. Keywords Agriculture, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Assets, Birth control pills, Birth place, Breastfeeding, Child labor, Community action, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Crops, Diet, Domestic migration, Education, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Food, Health care access, Health care costs, Health care personnel, Health care use, Health facilities, Hospitals, Household expenditures, Housing, Housing conditions, Housing materials, IUDs, Immunization, Income, Injectable contraceptives, Injuries, International migration, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Loans, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Occupation codes, Occupations, Parents, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Population characteristics, Pregnancy, Public social assistance, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Waste disposal, Water supply Citation Contributors Ghana Statistical Service World Bank Funders World Bank Suggested citation Ghana Statistical Service, World Bank (WB). Ghana Living Standards Measurement Survey 1987-1988. GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023